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1、高考题英语阅读理解 做阅读练习主要是为了培养适合自己的考试方法包括合理控制时间、跳出常见陷阱，判断题目的知识考查点，确定答题顺序等。下面是给大家准备的的理解题以及答案，欢送大家练习! When a storm is ing, most people leave the area as quickly ad possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people ar
2、e willing to risk(冒危险)being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up. “Storm chasing(追逐)” is being an increasingly popular hobby(喜好), especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frepuent storms between March and July. A sto
3、rm chaser begins the day by checking the Inter for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and wits for it to develop. Although anyone can do it , storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or dest
4、roy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in aidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season. Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement . “Storm chasing is
5、95% driving,” says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. “Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.” However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. “When you get close to a storm, it is the most
6、exciting sight you will ever see in your life,” says Jasper Morley. “Every storm is an example of the power of nature, It is the greatest show on Earth.” 56. For storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers do is to . A. head straight for the center of the storm B. get into the car for safety C. wai
7、t patiently for the storm to develop D. collect information about a ing storm 57. Beginners of storm chasing are advised . A. not to drive in a heavy rain B. to do it in an organized way C. not to get too close to a storm D. to spend more time on it in summer 58. By saying “it is all worth it” in th
8、e last paragraph, the author means that . A. storm chasing costs a lot of money B. storm chasing is worth hours of waiting C. efforts in storm chasing are well paid D. a storm presents the greatest show on Earth 59. What can we learn from the text? A. Sometimes storm chasers get nothing but disappoi
9、ntment B. Many storm chasers get killed in the storms. C. Storm chasing is being popular around the world/ D. Storm chasing is only fit for young people. Do you have any strong opinion on co-educational or single-sex schools? A supporter of co-educational schools would probably say that schools shou
10、ld be like the societies they belong to .In Hong Kong , men and women mix socially on a day-to-day basis .In many fields men are even likely to have female bosses .It is ,therefore, desirable that boys and girls grow up together ,go to school together ,and prepare themselves for a society that does
11、not value sexual separation. Some would go on to argue further that growing up with members of the opposite sex is important for personal development .Regular contact (接触)can remove the strange ideas about the opposite-sex and lead to more natural relationships .Single-sex conditions are seen as lea
12、ding to more extreme opinions, and possibly even as encouraging homosexuality(同性恋),though there is no proof that this is the case. Those who are against coeducation often also fix their attention on the sexual side .Some parents fear that close contact with members of the opposite sex is dangerous f
13、or teenagers .They want their children to be attentive to their studies .Such parents feel unfortable with modern ways and the free mixing of the sexes. A stronger argument es from research into school results .Girls grow up earlier than boys ,tend to be more orderly and are likely to be better at l
14、anguages .In a mixed class ,boys who might do well in a single-sex class bee discouraged and take on the rule of troublemaker .Certainly in the UK this situation has greatly alarmed (惊动)the government for it to be encouraging co-educational schools to have some single-sex classes .In the UK the best
15、 schools are all single-sex ,strongly suggesting that co-education is not the best answer .This may ,however ,not be as simple as it looks .It may simply be that the famous old schools that attract the best students happen to be single-sex ,rather than that being single-sex makes them better schools
16、. 72.In the third paragraph ,by saying “though there is no proof that this is the case” ,the writer means that . A.students in single-sex schools will certainly bee homosexual B.students in co-educational schools cannot have extreme opinions C.students in co-educational schools are likely to be homosexual D.single-sex school conditions may or may not ha
